Date, orari e luoghi di tutte le partite dei Mondiali 2011

Pronti? Due settimane, o poco più al kick-off!

Date Time (NZ) Pool Match Details Locations Stadium
Fri Sept 9 20.30 A New Zealand v Tonga Auckland Eden Park
Sat Sept 10 13.00 B Scotland v Romania Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium
Sat Sept 10 15.30 D Fiji v Namibia Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium
Sat Sept 10 18.00 A France v Japan Auckland North Harbour Stadium
Sat Sept 10 20.30 B Argentina v England Dunedin Otago Stadium
Sun Sept 11 15.30 C Australia v Italy Auckland North Harbour Stadium
Sun Sept 11 18.00 C Ireland v USA New Plymouth Stadium Taranaki
Sun Sept 11 20.30 D South Africa v Wales Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Wed Sept 14 14.30 D Samoa v Namibia Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium
Wed Sept 14 17.00 A Tonga v Canada Whangarei Northland Events Centre
Wed Sept 14 19.30 B Scotland v Georgia Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium
Thurs Sept 15 19.30 C Russia v USA New Plymouth Stadium Taranaki
Fri Sept 16 20.00 A New Zealand v Japan Hamilton Waikato Stadium
Sat Sept 17 15.30 B Argentina v Romania Invercargill Rugby Park Stadium
Sat Sept 17 18.00 D South Africa v Fiji Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Sat Sept 17 20.30 C Australia v Ireland Auckland Eden Park
Sun Sept 18 15.30 D Wales v Samoa Hamilton Waikato Stadium
Sun Sept 18 18.00 B England v Georgia Dunedin Otago Stadium
Sun Sept 18 20.30 A France v Canada Napier McLean Park
Tues Sept 20 19.30 C Italy v Russia Nelson Trafalgar Park
Wed Sept 21 19.30 A Tonga v Japan Whangarei Northland Events Centre
Thurs Sept 22 20.00 D South Africa v Namibia Auckland North Harbour Stadium
Fri Sept 23 20.30 C Australia v USA Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Sat Sept 24 18.00 B England v Romania Dunedin Otago Stadium
Sat Sept 24 20.30 A New Zealand v France Auckland Eden Park
Sun Sept 25 15.30 D Fiji v Samoa Auckland Eden Park
Sun Sept 25 18.00 C Ireland v Russia Rotorua Rotorua International Stadium
Sun Sept 25 20.30 B Argentina v Scotland Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Mon Sept 26 19.30 D Wales v Namibia New Plymouth Stadium Taranaki
Tues Sept 27 17.00 A Canada v Japan Napier McLean Park
Tues Sept 27 19.30 C Italy v USA Nelson Trafalgar Park
Wed Sept 28 19.30 B Georgia v Romania Palmerston North Arena Manawatu
Fri Sept 30 20.30 D South Africa v Samoa Auckland North Harbour Stadium
Sat Oct 1 15.30 C Australia v Russia Nelson Trafalgar Park
Sat Oct 1 18.00 A France v Tonga Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Sat Oct 1 20.30 B England v Scotland Auckland Eden Park
Sun Oct 2 13.00 B Argentina v Georgia Palmerston North Arena Manawatu
Sun Oct 2 15.30 A New Zealand v Canada Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Sun Oct 2 18.00 D Wales v Fiji Hamilton Waikato Stadium
Sun Oct 2 20.30 C Ireland v Italy Dunedin Otago Stadium
Sat Oct 8 18.00 Blank QF1: W Pool C v RU Pool D Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Sat Oct 8 20.30 Blank QF2: W Pool B v RU Pool A Auckland Eden Park
Sun Oct 9 18.00 Blank QF3: W Pool D v RU Pool C Wellington Wellington Regional Stadium
Sun Oct 9 20.30 Blank QF4: W Pool A v RU Pool B Auckland Eden Park
Sat Oct 15 21.00 Blank SF1: W QF1 v W QF2 Auckland Eden Park
Sun Oct 16 21.00 Blank SF2: W QF3 v W QF4 Auckland Eden Park
Fri Oct 21 20.30 Blank Bronze Final Auckland Eden Park
Sun Oct 23 21.00 Blank Final Auckland Eden Park

Tonga batte Fiji 32-20 che però risolvono la grana Nakarawa

Un ko in campo ma soluzione diplomatica importante per Fiji. Sul prato di Lautoka Tonga ha avuto la meglio per 32-20, ma i bianconeri al mondiale neozelandese potranno schierare Leone Nakarawa: il seconda linea si è dimesso dall’esecito e questo consentirà al giocatore di aggirare l’embargo neozelandese contro la dittatura militare nell’arcipelago del Pacifico.

Saturday, 19 August 2011
Churchill Park, Lautoka

Fiji 20 (10)
Tries: Rupeni Nasiga, Leone Nakarawa Con: Waisea Luveniyali (2) Pen: Luveniyali (2)
Tonga 32 (11)
Tries: Vungakoto Lilo, Fetuu Vainikolo, Alipate Fatafehi Con: Karl Morath Pen: Morath (5)

Referee: Chris Pollock (NZ)
Kick Off: 4:30 PM
Conditions: Sunny
Crowd: 3000

Verso i Mondiali: il Giappone batte gli USA 20-14

Gli USA, prossimi avversari dell’Italia ai Mondiali in Nuova Zelanda, sono stati battuti 20-14 dal Giappone allenato da John Kirwan al Prince Chichbu Memorial Rugby Ground di Tokyo. Il tabellino

USA EAGLES

15 Blaine Scully (Unattached)

14 Kevin Swiryn (Agen)

13 Tai Enosa (Belmont Shore)

12 Paul Emerick (Life University)

11 James Paterson (Otago)

10 Nese Malifa (Glendale)

9 Mike Petri (New York Athletic Club) *Captain

1 Mike MacDonald (Leeds Carnegie)

2 Phillip Thiel (Life University)

3 Eric Fry (Las Vegas Blackjacks)

4 Scott LaValla (Stade Francais)

5 Hayden Smith (Saracens)

6 Patrick Danahy (Life University)

7 Louis Stanfill (Unattached)

8 Jonathan ‘JJ’ Gagiano (Univ. of Cape Town)

Reserves:

16 Chris Biller (San Francisco Golden Gate)

17 Shawn Pittman (London Welsh)

18 Nic Johnson (Unattached)

19 Ryan Chapman (Utah Warriors)

20 Tim Usasz (Nottingham RFC)

21 Roland Suniula (Boston Rugby)

22 Andrew Suniula (Chicago Griffins)

USA Tries: Swiryn (8’, 39’)

USA Conversions: Malifa (10’, 40’)

Substitutions:

Johnson on for Smith (40’), Pittman on for Fry (43’), Chapman on for Johnson (55’), R.Suniula on for Malifa (62’), A.Suniula on for Emerick (64’), Usasz on for Petri (75’), Biller on for Thiel (75’)

JAPAN

15 Taihei Ueda (Honda Heat)

14 Takehisa Usuzuki (Toshiba Brave Lupus)

13 Alisi Tupuailai (Canon Eagles)

12 Ryan Nicholas (Suntory Sungoliath)

11 Hirotoki Onozawa (Suntory Sungoliath)

10 Murray Williams (Toyota Industries Shuttles)

9 Tomoki Yoshida (Toshiba Brave Lupus)

1 Naoki Kawamata (Panasonic Wild Knights)

2 Yusuke Aoki (Suntory Sungoliath)

3 Nozomu Fujita (Honda Heat)

4 Hitoshi Ono (Toshiba Brave Lupus)

5 Luke Thompson (Kintetsu Liners)

6 Sione Vatuvei (Panasonic Wild Knights)

7 Tadasuke Nishihara (Panasonic Wild Knights)

8 Takashi Kikutani (Toyota Verblitz)

Reserves:

16 Shota Horie (Panasonic Wild Knights)

17 Kensuke Hatakeyama (Suntory Sungoliath)

18 Toshizumi Kitagawa (Toyota Verblitz)

19 Itaru Taniguchi (Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers)

20 Atsushi Hiwasa (Suntory Sungoliath)

21 Koji Taira (Suntory Sungoliath)

22 Shaun Webb (Coca-Cola West Red Sparks)

Japan Tries: Ueda (6’), Kikutani (54’), Usuzuki (66’)

Japan Conversions: Webb (55’)

Japan Penalties: Nicholas (11’)

Substitutions:

Webb on for Ueda (46’), Hiwasa on for Yoshida (46’), Taniguchi on for Nishihara (49’), Horie on for Aoki (62’), Taira on for Nicholas (64)

Video: il rugby? Roba da SuperQuark!

Andato in onda un paio di settimane fa, ma io ero in vacanza…

Video: la forza del Sudafrica? Inizia dalla maglia…

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